Voted by your audience.

Be recognised for the show you put on.

Go to the full Expo Awards site

THE EXPO AWARDSVOTED BY THE AUDIENCE2027

The awards

Show awards42Best in each category, in every region

+ 36 more

Team awards19For the people who run shows

+ 15 more

Organiser awards10

+ 6 more

Host of the Year6

Conferences, summits and festivals6

Exhibitor awards8

+ 4 more

Supplier awards17Voted by organisers

+ 13 more

2027 Awards Package

US$99

per event one-time

Prices exclude tax. Australian customers pay 10% GST at checkout.

100% refundable if your application isn’t approved.

Secure checkoutPayments byAll prices in USD.

Team packs: Team 5 US$199, Team 10 US$299, Whole Team US$599. Nominating is free.

your pageexpoawards.org/shows/your-show
  • Your own page at expoawards.org, live in minutesyour page
  • Your Nominee badge and media kit, the day you pay
  • Your press release, published on expys.org
  • Your vote card for LinkedIn, Instagram and textyour page
  • A place in the community vote, from 27 September 2026
  • The trophy and the winner’s kit, if you win

Your LinkedIn and website badges

THE EXPO AWARDSNOMINEE 2027YOUR SHOWYOUR REGION2027
Nominee. Goes up the day you go live.
THE EXPO AWARDSWINNER 2027#1 YOUR SHOWYOUR REGION2027
Winner. Yours when you win.

Plus a banner for your LinkedIn and Instagram.

2027 Awards Package

Your award. Your page. Your badges.

your pageexpoawards.org/shows/your-show
  • Your own page at expoawards.org, live in minutesyour page
  • Your Nominee badge and media kit, the day you pay
  • Your press release, published on expys.org
  • Your vote card for LinkedIn, Instagram and textyour page
  • A place in the community vote, from 27 September 2026
  • The trophy and the winner’s kit, if you win

Your LinkedIn and website badges

THE EXPO AWARDSNOMINEE 2027YOUR SHOWYOUR REGION2027
Nominee. Goes up the day you go live.
THE EXPO AWARDSWINNER 2027#1 YOUR SHOWYOUR REGION2027
Winner. Yours when you win.

Plus a banner for your LinkedIn and Instagram.

US$99 one-time per event

Prices exclude tax. Australian customers pay 10% GST at checkout.

100% refundable if your application isn’t approved.

Secure checkoutPayments byAll prices in USD.

Team packs: Team 5 US$199, Team 10 US$299, Whole Team US$599. Nominating is free.

Entries from US$49. Founding rate until 31 January 2027. Enter one award now, add another later.

Entries are open. Nominating is free.

How it works, and what you get

Packages

For the show, and the company that runs it. The show plus one, the show plus the set, the show plus everything it can enter.

  • 2 Awards

    Gold

    Your show in its category, and the company that runs it

    100% refundable if your application isn’t approved.

    Secure checkoutPayments byAll prices in USD.

    What is in it

    • One show entry99
    • Organiser of the Year199

    Total, all 2US$298

    What you get for entering

    • Your own page on expoawards.org
    • Your vote cards
    • Access to the media kit for your nominee badge
    • One press release, published on expoawards.org
    • Community vote
    • Judged against businesses your own size

    What you get if you win

    • Your trophy, and your digital trophy
    • Your award announced online at The Virtual Awards Night
    • Your Winner 2027 badge, credential and banner
    • Your full media kit
    • A press release on a global newswire
    • The EXPY Icon title, if you win a Global Icon Award
    Be the first
  • 5 Awards

    Gold Plus

    The show, the company, the reel, the campaign and the brand

    Save US$90

    100% refundable if your application isn’t approved.

    Secure checkoutPayments byAll prices in USD.

    What is in it

    • One show entry99
    • Organiser of the Year199
    • Show Reel of the Year199
    • Best Marketing Campaign199
    • Best Show Brand199

    Total, all 5US$805

    What you get for entering

    • Your own page on expoawards.org
    • Your vote cards
    • Access to the media kit for your nominee badge
    • One press release, published on expoawards.org
    • Community vote
    • Judged against businesses your own size

    What you get if you win

    • Your trophy, and your digital trophy
    • Your award announced online at The Virtual Awards Night
    • Your Winner 2027 badge, credential and banner
    • Your full media kit
    • A press release on a global newswire
    • The EXPY Icon title, if you win a Global Icon Award
    Be the first
  • 9 Awards

    Platinum

    Every award your show can enter, one price

    Save US$692

    100% refundable if your application isn’t approved.

    Secure checkoutPayments byAll prices in USD.

    What is in it

    • One show entry99
    • Organiser of the Year199
    • Best Show199
    • Best Visitor Experience199
    • Best Exhibitor Experience199
    • Best Marketing Campaign199
    • Show Reel of the Year199
    • Best Show Brand199
    • Best Creator Programme199

    Total, all 9US$999

    What you get for entering

    • Your own page on expoawards.org
    • Your vote cards
    • Access to the media kit for your nominee badge
    • One press release, published on expoawards.org
    • Community vote
    • Judged against businesses your own size

    What you get if you win

    • Your trophy, and your digital trophy
    • Your award announced online at The Virtual Awards Night
    • Your Winner 2027 badge, credential and banner
    • Your full media kit
    • A press release on a global newswire
    • The EXPY Icon title, if you win a Global Icon Award
    Be the first

Every package costs less than what is inside it bought one at a time, and each card prints exactly how much less. The saving is taken at the checkout as well as shown here.

Your audience supports you.

Display your involvement.

Your badge, straight to your LinkedIn the day you are in

  • Organiser
    of the Year

  • Best
    Show

  • Best Event
    Marketer

  • Exhibition Contractor
    of the Year

Examples. Nobody has won an Expy yet.

The award films

See your category come alive.

Named by your industry.

Be recognised as a leader.

Go to the full Executive Awards site

THE EXECUTIVE AWARDSA PROGRAMME OF THE EXPYS2027

The awards

Office awards36Each in three sizes: Growth, under 100 people; Mid-market, 100 to 999 people; Enterprise, 1,000 people and over.

+ 30 more

Leadership awards13

+ 9 more

Organisation awards6

  • Executive Team
  • Board
  • Employer
  • Leadership Programme
  • Succession
  • Creator Partnership

Top honours1Awarded from the category winners. No entry.

  • Executive of the Year

Global Icon Awards5Chosen from the country winners

  • Global Executive of the Year
  • Global Chief Executive of the Year
  • Global Executive Team of the Year
  • Global Board of the Year
  • Global Rising Executive of the Year

2027 Awards Package

US$99

per category one-time

Prices exclude tax. Australian customers pay 10% GST at checkout.

100% refundable if your application isn’t approved.

Secure checkoutPayments byAll prices in USD.

Team packs: Team 5 US$199, Team 10 US$299, Whole Team US$599. Nominating is free.

your pageexpys.org/executive-awards/nominees/your-name
  • Your own page at expys.org, live in minutesyour page
  • Your Nominee badge and media kit, the day you pay
  • Your press release, published on expys.org
  • Your vote card for LinkedIn, Instagram and textyour page
  • A place in the community vote, from 27 September 2026
  • Up against organisations your size
  • Announced online at The Virtual Awards Night if you win
  • Named in our winners’ announcement if you win

Your LinkedIn and website badges

THE EXECUTIVE AWARDSNOMINEE 2027CHIEFFINANCIALOFFICERAUSTRALIA2027
Nominee. Goes up the day you go live.
THE EXECUTIVE AWARDSWINNER 2027#1 CHIEFFINANCIALOFFICERAUSTRALIA2027
Winner. Yours when you win.

Plus a banner for your LinkedIn and Instagram.

2027 Awards Package

Your award. Your page. Your badges.

your pageexpys.org/executive-awards/nominees/your-name
  • Your own page at expys.org, live in minutesyour page
  • Your Nominee badge and media kit, the day you pay
  • Your press release, published on expys.org
  • Your vote card for LinkedIn, Instagram and textyour page
  • A place in the community vote, from 27 September 2026
  • Up against organisations your size
  • Announced online at The Virtual Awards Night if you win
  • Named in our winners’ announcement if you win

Your LinkedIn and website badges

THE EXECUTIVE AWARDSNOMINEE 2027CHIEFFINANCIALOFFICERAUSTRALIA2027
Nominee. Goes up the day you go live.
THE EXECUTIVE AWARDSWINNER 2027#1 CHIEFFINANCIALOFFICERAUSTRALIA2027
Winner. Yours when you win.

Plus a banner for your LinkedIn and Instagram.

US$99 one-time per category

Prices exclude tax. Australian customers pay 10% GST at checkout.

100% refundable if your application isn’t approved.

Secure checkoutPayments byAll prices in USD.

Team packs: Team 5 US$199, Team 10 US$299, Whole Team US$599. Nominating is free.

US$99 a category. Enter one award now, add another later.

Entries are open. Nominating is free.

How it works, and what you get

Packages

Your office and one leadership award is every category an executive can enter, so there is one package.

  • 2 Awards

    Your Seat and How You Lead

    What you get if you win

    • Your trophy, and your digital trophy
    • Your award announced online at The Virtual Awards Night
    • Your Winner 2027 badge, credential and banner
    • Your full media kit
    • A press release on a global newswire
    • The EXPY Icon title, if you win a Global Icon Award

    What is in it

    • One office award99
    • One leadership award99

    Total, all 2US$158

    Pick your office and how you lead to finish it.

    Save US$40

    100% refundable if your application isn’t approved.

    Secure checkoutPayments byAll prices in USD.

    Be the first

    What you get for entering

    • Your own page on expys.org
    • Your vote cards
    • Access to the media kit for your nominee badge
    • One press release, published on expys.org
    • Community vote
    • Judged against businesses your own size

Every package costs less than what is inside it bought one at a time, and each card prints exactly how much less. The saving is taken at the checkout as well as shown here.

Your audience supports you.

Display your involvement.

Your badge, straight to your LinkedIn the day you are in

  • Chief Executive
    of the Year

  • Rising Executive
    of the Year

  • Board
    of the Year

  • Executive Voice
    of the Year

Examples. Nobody has won an Expy yet.

Voted by the people you serve.

Be recognised as a builder.

Go to the full Entrepreneur Awards site

THE ENTREPRENEUR AWARDSA PROGRAMME OF THE EXPYS2027

The awards

Industry awards24Each in three sizes: Rising Star, under US$1 million a year; Established, uS$1 million to US$5 million a year; Leading, uS$10 million plus a year.

+ 18 more

Trade and craft awards61

+ 57 more

Journey awards12

+ 8 more

Business awards8

+ 4 more

Entrepreneur Creator Awards7The business built on an audience wins, never the follower count.

Top honours4Awarded from the category winners. No entry.

  • Entrepreneur of the Year
  • Rising Star Entrepreneur of the Year
  • Established Entrepreneur of the Year
  • Leading Entrepreneur of the Year

Global Icon Awards8Chosen from the country winners

  • Global Entrepreneur of the Year
  • Global Rising Star Entrepreneur of the Year
  • Global Established Entrepreneur of the Year
  • Global Leading Entrepreneur of the Year
  • Global Business of the Year
  • Global New Business of the Year
  • Global Founder Story of the Year
  • Global Social Enterprise of the Year

2027 Awards Package

US$99

per category one-time

Prices exclude tax. Australian customers pay 10% GST at checkout.

100% refundable if your application isn’t approved.

Secure checkoutPayments byAll prices in USD.

Team packs: Team 5 US$199, Team 10 US$299, Whole Team US$599. Nominating is free.

your pageexpys.org/entrepreneur-awards/nominees/your-name
  • Your own page at expys.org, live in minutesyour page
  • Your Nominee badge and media kit, the day you pay
  • Your press release, published on expys.org
  • Your vote card for LinkedIn, Instagram and textyour page
  • A place in the community vote, from 27 September 2026
  • Up against businesses your size
  • Announced online at The Virtual Awards Night if you win
  • Named in our winners’ announcement if you win

Your LinkedIn and website badges

THE ENTREPRENEUR AWARDSNOMINEE 2027RETAIL &ECOMMERCEAUSTRALIA2027
Nominee. Goes up the day you go live.
THE ENTREPRENEUR AWARDSWINNER 2027#1 RETAIL &ECOMMERCEAUSTRALIA2027
Winner. Yours when you win.

Plus a banner for your LinkedIn and Instagram.

2027 Awards Package

Your award. Your page. Your badges.

your pageexpys.org/entrepreneur-awards/nominees/your-name
  • Your own page at expys.org, live in minutesyour page
  • Your Nominee badge and media kit, the day you pay
  • Your press release, published on expys.org
  • Your vote card for LinkedIn, Instagram and textyour page
  • A place in the community vote, from 27 September 2026
  • Up against businesses your size
  • Announced online at The Virtual Awards Night if you win
  • Named in our winners’ announcement if you win

Your LinkedIn and website badges

THE ENTREPRENEUR AWARDSNOMINEE 2027RETAIL &ECOMMERCEAUSTRALIA2027
Nominee. Goes up the day you go live.
THE ENTREPRENEUR AWARDSWINNER 2027#1 RETAIL &ECOMMERCEAUSTRALIA2027
Winner. Yours when you win.

Plus a banner for your LinkedIn and Instagram.

US$99 one-time per category

Prices exclude tax. Australian customers pay 10% GST at checkout.

100% refundable if your application isn’t approved.

Secure checkoutPayments byAll prices in USD.

Team packs: Team 5 US$199, Team 10 US$299, Whole Team US$599. Nominating is free.

US$99 a category. Enter one award now, add another later.

Entries are open. Nominating is free.

How it works, and what you get

Packages

Your industry, the way you got here and the company itself. Every category an owner can enter, and a press pack to promote it, in one package.

  • 3 Awards

    Your Industry, Your Story and Your Company

    What you get if you win

    • Your trophy, and your digital trophy
    • Your award announced online at The Virtual Awards Night
    • Your Winner 2027 badge, credential and banner
    • Your full media kit
    • A press release on a global newswire
    • The EXPY Icon title, if you win a Global Icon Award

    The awards

    • One industry award99
    • One journey award99
    • One business award99

    Promotion, which never affects the vote

    • Release press pack495

    Packs are promotion only. They never affect the vote.

    Total, all 3 and the packUS$634

    Pick your industry, your story and your company award to finish it.

    Save US$158

    100% refundable if your application isn’t approved.

    Secure checkoutPayments byAll prices in USD.

    Be the first

    What you get for entering

    • Your own page on expys.org
    • Your vote cards
    • Access to the media kit for your nominee badge
    • One press release, published on expys.org
    • Community vote
    • Judged against businesses your own size

Every package costs less than what is inside it bought one at a time, and each card prints exactly how much less. The saving is taken at the checkout as well as shown here.

Your audience supports you.

Display your involvement.

Your badge, straight to your LinkedIn the day you are in

  • Marketing & Creative
    Entrepreneur of the Year

  • Bootstrapped
    Entrepreneur of the Year

  • Under 30
    Entrepreneur of the Year

  • Creator
    Entrepreneur of the Year

Examples. Nobody has won an Expy yet.

Your media kit.

Everything you need for your people to support you.

  1. Nominee

    The day you go live

    An example Nominee 2027 post: the entrant's picture, the award and the badgeAn example Nominee 2027 LinkedIn banner
    An example Instagram profile picture in the Nominee 2027 ringThe Nominee 2027 badge
  2. Finalist

    Announced online, on Monday 9 August 2027

    An example Finalist 2027 post: the entrant's picture, the award and the badgeAn example Finalist 2027 LinkedIn banner
    An example Instagram profile picture in the Finalist 2027 ringThe Finalist 2027 badge
  3. Winner

    Announced online

    An example Winner 2027 post: the entrant's picture, the award and the badgeAn example Winner 2027 LinkedIn banner
    An example Instagram profile picture in the Winner 2027 ringThe Winner 2027 badge
  • The EXPY Icon 2027 badgeThe Expys 27

    The Global Icon Award

An example link card, the preview that opens under the entrant's link
Your link

On your website

Add this to your site, your signature and your ad

your-show-website.com/modern-home-expo
A show page for the Modern Home Expo: the illustrated house banner, the show’s logo with The Expo Awards Nominee 2027 badge beside it, and the title, The home show for a new generation

When you enter

Your badge, on your website

The Nominee 2027 badge, for your site, your email signature and your LinkedIn.

Example: the Nominee badge on

THE EXPO AWARDSREGIONAL WINNER 2027#1 HOME, GARDEN& RENOVATIONEXPOUSA CENTRAL & WEST2027

When you win

The Winner badge

Struck for your award, your country and the year.

Winners Media Pack

Every file is in your media kit

Example
Europe’s Organiser of the Year, The Expo Awards 2027: the winner's LinkedIn banner, as it sits at the top of a profile. Marked example.
Sophie Lindqvist's profile picture
Sophie Lindqvist’s profile picture inside the The Expo Awards REGIONAL WINNER 2027 ring. Marked example.

Sophie Lindqvist

Show Director, [an exhibition company] · Europe’s Organiser of the Year, The Expo Awards 2027

Sweden

MessageMore

Featured

The Expys 27 mark, beside Europe’s Organiser of the Year, The Expo Awards 2027

Europe’s Organiser of the Year

◇ The Expo Awards 2027

northlightexpos.com

9:41
sophielindqvist
Sophie Lindqvist's profile picture
Sophie Lindqvist’s profile picture inside the The Expo Awards REGIONAL WINNER 2027 ring, with the struck badge on it. Marked example.

Sophie Lindqvist

Show Director

The Expo Awards

northlightexpos.com

FollowMessage
Expys
Shows
Stands
Bridal
Conference
Opening
Visitors moving through the show floor on opening morning
Winner 2027
The The Expo Awards REGIONAL WINNER 2027 post, in the feed. Marked example.
The hall from above, the stands laid out along the aisles
A speaker walking up to open the show, the ballroom filling behind her
The roof structure of an empty exhibition hall
Wayfinding over the floor, the keynote stage one way and the maker space the other
Meetings under way on the stands along the green aisle
Vote for me
The The Expo Awards Nominee 2027 post, in the feed. Marked example.
The crew around the floor plan on the morning of the build
The hall part way through bump in, vehicles still on the floor
A gift fair under the arched roof of an old exhibition hall, the aisles full
The build crew going over the run sheet before doors
Example
The Expys
northlightexpos.comExample
[an exhibition company]
THE EXPO AWARDSREGIONAL WINNER 2027#1 ORGANISEREUROPE2027

Europe’s Organiser of the Year · The Expo Awards 2027

Seven shows a year, and the floors people come back for.

Sophie Lindqvist’s portrait beside the promise on the business’s own website, with the winner badge in the hero. Marked example.
An example. Nobody has won an Expy yet. The person is Sophie Lindqvist, one of the invented example cast, and her portrait is a licensed photograph (Pexels Licence) of somebody who is not an entrant and does not endorse the awards. The exhibition company is invented and is written as a bracketed description, never a trading name, on a domain checked as unregistered so the badge is never on a real company’s real website. The show pictures in the grid are our own. The banner, the ring and the badges are the real media kit files.

Your community. Your award.

Enter. Share. Win.

Five dates and a night, for all three programmes.

  1. 01 Entries open

    27 September 2026

  2. 02 The vote

    From 27 September 2026

  3. 03 Entries and Round 1 close

    30 July 2027

  4. 04 Finalists announced

    Monday 9 August 2027

  5. 05 Round 2, finalists only

    9 to 29 August 2027

  6. 06 The Virtual Awards Night

    Thursday 9 September 2027

The Virtual Awards Night, streamed live

Anyone can register to watch.

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The Virtual Awards Night

Thursday 9 September 2027

Waiting for the live stream

The Virtual Awards Night always runs, streamed, for every region.

Three streams on the one day, each in its own evening: Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa and the Americas.

  • Asia-Pacific

    7pm AEST

  • Europe, Middle East and Africa

    7pm BST

  • Americas

    7pm EDT

The stream opens 30 minutes before the show. The link is sent to everyone registered, the day before and again an hour before.

We’ll email you about The Expys. Unsubscribe anytime.

The screen the Virtual Awards Night streams on, and the RSVP for the stream.

Everywhere you share it

Recorded, published.

A press release written for you, published the moment you are announced and distributed on a global newswire.

  1. 01Finalists and winners

    PR

    The Expys Newsroom

    Our press desk writes and distributes your release. Everything an editor asks for, on one private page: the badge, the banner, the photographs and the release.

    • Your release written and distributed by our press desk
    • A media kit page with every file
    • The Finalist or Winner badge and LinkedIn banner
    • No coverage is promised. You get what makes it easy
Our press deskThe Expys NewsroomWritten by our press desk and published in our newsroomThe Expys Newsroom

Syndicated to

  • AP News
  • Google News
  • USA TODAY Network
  • NBC affiliates
  • CBS affiliates
  • FOX affiliates

Press packs are Only available to members, priced and compared, in the portal.

The press store

Press store

Every paid entrant's press release is written for them and published free in our newsroom. A press pack sends that same release out on a newswire and buys named placements as well. Written and distributed by our press desk.

Packs are promotion only. They never affect the vote.

Placements available in

These are titles our packs can place a release in. They do not endorse The Expys and are not partners.

  • Yahoo FinanceFeature and aboveSponsored
  • AP NewsFeature and aboveSponsored
  • BenzingaFeature and aboveSponsored
  • AOLFeature and aboveSponsored
  • Business InsiderGlobal
  • Digital JournalGlobal
  • USA TodayOn its own
  • ForbesOn its ownMexico, Colombia or Australia edition

Every one is a placement we buy for you, not a story a journalist chose to write, and where a title publishes it carrying its own sponsored label it says so under the mark here too.

Published by us, in every pack

  • Our press desk

    Your release written up and published in our press desk newsroom at expys.org/news. It is ours, so it is guaranteed, and it is in every pack.

    Ours, guaranteed · In an indexed newsroom, not a page of its own · No link back.

Our press desk is ours. We own the masthead, so this is the one placement here that is certain: every other name on this page is a rate we pay or a wire feed, and an outlet can still decline those. That is why it is in every pack, including the cheapest. It is also a new site with none of the authority of Forbes or USA Today, your release runs in its newsroom rather than on a page of its own, and it carries no link back to you. We would rather write that down than let our own title sit unlabelled beside the ones we buy.

Press packs, priced and compared, are Only available to members.

These are digital business and news titles that are read wherever English is read. They are not your local paper. A placement in a title in your own country is priced on its own, because what one costs depends on the country.

Only available to members. Sign in, or create your account, and the store is waiting for you there. Read the newsroom.

Most placements are live in three to five working days. A newswire syndicates your release to the outlets on its feed. It is not an article written by those outlets, and no outlet endorses the award. Every placement is agreed with you before it goes out.

Start here

Which one are you?

Pick one and we will point you to the right place.

Questions

Straight answers.

What is The Expys?

The Expys honour the people who make an industry: the people behind live events, the founders who build, and the executives who lead. Three programmes, the Expo Awards, the Executive Awards and the Entrepreneur Awards, run under one house.

Which programme is mine?

The Expo Awards are for the people and companies behind expos, events, conferences, summits and festivals. If nobody can sack you, you belong in the Entrepreneur Awards. If you can be sacked by someone who is not you, you belong in the Executive Awards.

Who picks the winner?

The public vote. It names three to five finalists, and the finalist with the most counted votes in Round 2, finalists only, wins. One verified vote per person, every vote checked, the count independently certified. Sponsors never vote.

What does it cost?

The Executive and Entrepreneur Awards are US$99 per category. The Expo Awards are US$49 for a team member, US$199 for a supplier category, US$99 for a show and US$199 for an organiser. Nominating someone is free, and every entry is 100% refundable if your application isn’t approved.

Is this pay to win?

No. The entry fee pays for your page. It does not buy votes, a finalist place or the result, and sponsors never vote.

When do entries open and close?

Entries and the vote are open, and they close 30 July 2027, everywhere, for all three programmes. Finalists are announced on Monday 9 August 2027. Round 2 is for finalists only and runs Monday 9 August to Sunday 29 August 2027, Melbourne time. Every count starts again from zero, and Round 2 decides the winners.

Where are winners announced?

Online, at The Virtual Awards Night, streamed. Anyone can register to watch, and the trophy is sent to the winner.

A guest at the front of a ballroom, watching the stage as the awards are read out
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Be recognised.

The Expys honour the people who make an industry: the people behind live events, the founders who build, and the executives who lead. Three programmes, the Expo Awards, the Executive Awards and the Entrepreneur Awards, run under one house.

The newsroomThe team